The Economist / Americas

1. War looms in Venezuela as Trump tests an “Americas First” doctrine

   A gathering armada risks repeating the mistakes of the “war on terror”

2. Tracking American drug-boat strikes off Venezuela’s coast

   Are smugglers or Nicolás Maduro’s regime the target?

3. An EU-Mercosur trade deal looks close to ratification

   In a hostile world, Europe and Latin America draw closer

4. The Colombian left has chosen a successor to Gustavo Petro

   Iván Cepeda must win the support of centrists in order to lead the left into next year’s presidential elections

5. Jamaica’s nightmare comes true

   A record-breaking hurricane strikes

6. A bloody police raid in Rio was the deadliest in Brazil’s history

   Brazil’s conservatives are keener on such raids than its left-wing government

7. Hurricane Melissa is one of the strongest storms ever recorded

   Jamaica and Cuba batten down the hatches

8. El Boletín newsletter: The fallout from Javier Milei’s big win

   Kinley Salmon, our Latin America correspondent, looks at Argentina’s midterm elections

9. The meaning of America’s vast military build-up off Venezuela

   The world’s largest aircraft-carrier is making for the Venezuelan coast. Its military aims are unclear

10. Javier Milei has won a fresh mandate to remake Argentina

    A thumping win for his party in the midterms means his radical economic project gains new strength

11. Karina Milei, Argentina’s most powerful woman, faces a storm of criticism

    Ahead of vital elections Javier Milei’s sister is adding to his political woes

12. The obvious economics of preserving the Amazon

    It provides Brazil’s world-beating farmers with water, and keeps carbon locked up for the rest of us

13. Javier Milei’s fate turns on an upcoming election. Can he win?

    It is a battle to be the least disliked

14. Colombia has finally drawn Donald Trump’s ire

    Gustavo Petro claims to be assailed by a right-wing conspiracy

15. After 20 years of left-wing rule, Bolivia has swung right

    The question is, how much will the country change?

16. America doubles down on Javier Milei

    But there’s a catch

17. Venezuelans wonder if America will bring down Nicolás Maduro

    By speaking openly about authorising a “covert” CIA operation against the regime, Donald Trump is fanning the flames

18. El Boletín newsletter: Political chaos in Peru

    Mitra Taj, our Latin America contributor, weighs up where the country goes from here

19. María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s “Iron Lady”, gets the peace Nobel

    The prize is a boost for the country’s democratic opposition

20. American soya farmers are miserable. Brazil’s are ebullient

    Donald Trump’s trade war has cemented Brazil’s place as the soyabean superpower